Newspaper Page Text
AMERICAN RULE CRITICISED.
j, vl .|:HS C'HARIiK THAT IT
U-MOST anarchy.
. „ r „Ue **> the Statement*
. r( , in founded and Untrue.
|? . j ilN e of Fever—Ovrr
A ' . -of Measles in the Seventh
I,HM 'I, in r 1 Ludlow Find* n
f " n T,'"*,nte <>f Affair* in a Hn
iferr>" lr ’
*
T * n , t , lg _EI Diario de la Marina.
H>v,n> a El' Pals and La Discusion, as
La . !jUt other papers less influential, in
*eH e jit,,ri:,l eritieisms of the United
at v administration, asserting
hy
* * declare that each provisional gov
„ i each garrison commander is a
frr ° r -v llctator, acting independently of
‘f'wvernor general and exercising ad
ir.*trttive. 1, ablative, judicial and even
functions.
pi,!, if this system, as those pa
i i! (here is no uniformity of
P” r ’ ",i. Mils and no general code of
‘-ruiini; for the various localities.
on'iC .11> titioti Of Gov. Gen. Brooke be
.l to-lay to an editorial nlong
. i n La Lueha, he replied
, n , j-m was unfounded, as it
u,” ■ that there was no unl
v rse is the fact.” said
‘7, general. ‘ The same general
, 7,|: . i\ad by the military adminis
{ration*;ii all !>arts of the island.”
Sickness *" Seventh Corp*.
The c;im p - ireeons disagree regarding
~, pup id yellow fever in the
Firt'T'-iuc :• ciment, and expert opinion
will he cai'.< J tn.
T ANARUS,. .-of small-pox in the One
Hun.i'i i ins Sixty-first Indiana Regiment
are now 'lotig utli.
Thf F-venth Army Corps men were not
vaccinated .it Jacksonville, but have un
dergone the operation here. Out of 301
nten it. ' > ho-prals. over 100 are down
with measles.
Private , vif.s from Washington were
receive,.! In camp last evening indicating
that the !'. i \-ninth lowa, Fourth llli
nol, Yp.dnia and Third Nebraska
Volunteer rtiriments would soon be mus
terel out. The nows spread rapidly
through the camp and the members of
thes regiments cheered again and again.
The r:ta y appointed cabinet secretaries
will have distinctly limited powers. They
Br .i merely heads of departments under
Gen. Erooke's ,iir< ct control, reporting to
him regularly, with the responsibility for
decisions an 1 acts vested exclusively In
the governor general.
Dntllj Mniinged Hospital.
Maj. Gen. Ludlow has been informed of
the frightful condition of the municipal
hosriital at Aidecoa, where there is an
tssertment of patients, including crimi
nal,; an l insane persons, neglected, with
little fool i I (hat very unsuitable, and
ell the conditions of great wretchedness.
The nursis have been attending three
small-pox cases and then passing to other
patient? without a change of clothing or
any other pr.. auiior* against carrying the
infection. Prompt measures will be taken
toequipa hospital in the immediate neigh
borhood that will allow a separation of the
patients.
The commission appointed on Monday to
Inquire into the finances of the city has
discovered that some salaries have been
untiid by Spain for every year since 1867.
There is goat confusion in the accounts
with an infinite number of/claims against
the municii nifty.
Alfredo Laborde, leader of the famous
Conaeli' t rtlibustering expedition of
Apri'. I.W. has lioon appointed a lieuten
ant of iiolice, and Thomas Callazo an in
spector.
MAINE MOt HNS FOR DINGLEY.
Many Evidence* rtlf Marked Esteem
During East Lite*.
Lewiston. Me.. Jon. 18.—In the midst of
tnarkel tv.d. nces of public and private
mourning, the citizens of Maine, including
the neighbors end lifelong friends of the
late Representative Nelson A. Dingley,
engaged in the closing services attending
the burial of Maine’s honored congress
man here to-day.
The puhih- scrvicgjKas held in the Pine
Str-.t*' ’-g.nit.mil Church, in this city,
at b o'.do k this forenoon, after prayers
at the Ding-Vy home. The body then was
taktn to Oak Hill cemetery in Auburn for
lnteiment.
Ruts the cities of Lewiston and Auburn,
and ir. f . r the entire congressional dis
trict whi-h Mr. Lingley had represented
ior eighteen y, ns, gave up the day to
tnonrr. ng. Little business was conducted,
and during the services and afterward, as
,r:f u- r< ■. <ston passed through the
streets, over tto■ river and up to the quiet
cenotery in Auburn, a hush prevailed,
broken only l.y the tolling of bells. ,
HVHItl* 1,1-1 AN ES THE SERVICE.
Mas in t linrge of the 111-Fated Ma
rin Teresa Expedition.
M-ishlncton. Jan. 18.—Lieutenant Com
tnan'l.T 1. Harris, who was In command
of th. ; repa r ship Vulcan on the ill-fated
ctpei. in which terminated in the loss of
j" cruiser Maria Teresa on Cat
sand. in-day honorably discharged
Sta?. ,he 1 aval service of tho United
Thb a-i|
(v ri involves no reflection what
mar g 1 ’ Lt l!l ' 1 baracter or service of Com
-1 ■!. . i, u , | S s ; m piy one 0 f the
oj p. ‘'' I of the practical conclusion
Harris ' who was formerly
teg ',j, e avv ' Vl>li, nteered for service dur
j„a V uilh Spain, and was ap
tn , nont commander with that
long Now that there is no
ffr.i. .'ry : , for ,h< * services of the vol
ally f7 m 7 : ' ,v living discharged gradu
• ‘tom the service.
F| ' KT< H' : " HIES AT KNOXVILLE.
H R
of the Thirty-First
K r -*>' *' iy;jl n Regiment.
htr. r " nn ’’ Jan - I*-—George Flet
here t, v ~ !| K fol,y sick soldiers left
tnent, ,j„," 1 b' l ty-flrst Michigan Regl
tai. ' O -nisht in the military hospi-
di.a
* short,,,." pneumonia, contracted
He w ; , 1 ” ro his regiment departed.
*vt.- , v ,'' n ' Kr of Company B. The
a s>r V; '* shipjied to his home at
Ltlest. rho remaining Michigan
77 rniproving.
"tllNTl WITH BRAZIL.
*hov|||., f " #
*nn I, " I '*trnditlon of Per
"“h
* e ° ,, o thes 11 President has
, ' ' ate anew extradition treaty
defied, counlr y and Brazil. It was
Won s, and ." ‘ onim *ttee on foreign rela
-77,. Wu .’“-‘lay's meeting of that com
tuh-cofnrr.,. tr , K ' ll "P and referred to a
w 1 * treat.-
'*Jtor tk.. ,7 '! ,orma l document, provid
°Stn... 7'| l la "* e of Persons charged
' the usual lines.
AFTER GRIP
There Is no denying the serious fact that
there is a great amount of sickness from
the grip; thi\t overworked men and women
now suffer more than at any other time of
the year from lassitude, headaches, slight
chills fever and other symptoms of
imperfect health; that people fall sick
more readily now than at any other time
of the year; and that whenever an epi
demic does appear It invariably plays
havoc with those w r ho are run down and
out of condition.
The utmost caution should be taken to
keep the biood pure and the nervous sys
tem in healthy tone.
There is no more excuse for the preva
lent symptoms of stagnant, impure blood
in the body than there is for the barbarism
of filthy streets in n |city.
The relaxed and sluggish action of the
excretory organs loads the body With
waste material that poisons it and brings
on headaches, rheumatic pains, sleepless
nights and profitless days, due solely to
the circulation in the blood, or deposit in
the tissues, of these waste matters,
which Paine’s celery compound alone will
quickly drive out.
When the arms, hips or back feel the
twinges of acute rheumatism it is high
time to relieve the kidneys and bladder
from the strain that so often brings on
Bright's disease, gravel, dropsy and com
plications of diseases with other organs
whose health depends upon the purity of
the blood. Prompt use of Paine’s celery
compound will save the weakened parts
from yielding to disease. *
In its peculiar ability to invigorate the
body, to make new blood and to regulate
the nerves, lies the great value of Paine's
celery compound in all wasting diseases
and disorders of the kidneys, liver and
stomach.
Paine’s celery compound rescues shaky,
enfeebled nerves from prostration and re
moves that feeling of utter exhaustion that
causes so much despondency among so
many worried men and women.
It makes flesh, blood and strong nerves.
Paine’s celery compound is not a patent
medicine! It Is not the discovery of some
quack doctor of whom his profession never
heard; it is not a concoction put up by
some man who first invented a name, and
then adopted a preparation to fit it; it is
not a secret remedy.
WORK OF NEWSPAPER FLEET.
Col. Hi eli 1 Tell* How New* Was
Gathered From the Mar.
New York, Jan. 18.—The Y'onkers Board
of Trade had its fourth annual dinner at
the Hollywood Inn to-night. It was a
war banquet.
The principal speakers were Capt. R. D.
Evans and Capt. H. C. Taylor, who com
manded the lowa and Indiana during the
war, and Col. Charles S. Diehl, assistant
general manager of the Associated Press,
who was in general charge of that asso
ciation’s war news service in and around
Cuba.
The first toast, “The Officers and Men
of the United States Navy,” was respond
ed to by Capt. Evans, who In the course
of his speech sold that long before the
war was declared every man in the navy
felt that war existed. The Spaniards had
blown up a ship for us, and deny it who
might, way down in our hearts we fought
and whipped the Spanish because they
blew up the Maine.”
Col. Diehl, In responding to the toast,
‘‘The Newspaper Fleet in the War,” told
of the work of getting the news from the
front. He said that while the war strat
egists were scrutinizing the maps at Wash
ington the newspapers were compelled to
give equal study as to how the news of
possible events growing out of the tvar
with Spain was to be covered. Maps were
prepared showing the lines of cable com
munication in the West Indies,
The difficulties presented at the outset
were really very great. It was known that
the cable communication with Cuba would
be cut off, and the news managers would
be forced to contrive anew method. Dis
patch boats had never before been used
for such purposes. The difficulties that
wou'd be experienced while cruising with
the naval vessels also presented them
selves. The innovation was tried, an.l
aside from this one man was put on each
of the flagships by permission by the gov
ernment.
There were fifteen dispatch boats cruis
ing from Santiago to Jamaica and Hayti.
No matter what the weather the boats
left regularly every night. This service
commanded the admiration of the naval
officers, who recognized the dangers and
difficulties that the men on the dispatch
boats had to meet in furnishing the news
papers of the world with the iatest news.
By the dispatch boats, supplies and ice
were also taken to the sick.
Besides having men aboard the flagships
New York and Brooklyn, five dispatch
boats had to be chartered by this asso
ciation, and upwards of $1,000,000 had been
epeit to get the news to the papers.
Col. Diehl told of incidents of the trips.
The newspaper boats had been allowed to
go with the fleets, but Fneir commanders
were in ignorance of naval rules and they
were frequently called to order by naval
captains like Evans and Taylor.
The most effective method of calling such
commanders to order was a solid shot Just
ahead The flag indicating that a boat was
-i newspaper craft was red, and ai a lit
tle distance looked like the Spanish em
blem That flag brought many shells whis
tling over the craft of the newspapers.
Col Diehl told of the death of Corre
spondent Lyman, who was in charge of the
'work at Siboney, and who died there
through devotion to duty.
MAKING I F ITS REPORT.
XVnr Investigating; Com mission in
Executive Session.
Washington, Jan. 18,-The war investi
gating commission had no witnesses to
day anti spent the forenoon in executive
session oil matters connected with the
framing its report. The Eagan Inci
dent was not brought up In any way.
THE MOKNTNG >iEWS:- THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1599.
But it is, first, the result of the lifelong
study of the greatest physician America
has produced, a man whose reputation was
world-wide years before he had ever ar
rived at this formpla which has done so
much good; a man who has received the
highest degrees from the best colleges,
who was at the time of his discovery a
professor at Dartmouth and a lecturer In
other universities, a scholar, a member of
a family which has made its mark in
every department of public life In Amer
ica. It Is a remedy the formula of which
has been furnished to physicians in good
standing always, and which physicians
were prescribing long before the present
manufacturers put it up iof public distri
bution; it was discovered by Prof. Edward
E. Phelps, M. D. t LL. D., and was first
prescribed with wonderful success by that
eminent group of practitioners who have
made American physicians known the
world over, and of whom he was then, as
now, undoubtedly the most famous.
The best test that can be applied to
Paine's celery compound is to use it.
If one Is “run down,” feels without en
ergy, lifeless, useless, fretful, take this
great remedy, and note the change. Con
stipation will no longer give one a dis
quieting thought; the appetite will come
back; sleeplessness and headaches will be
things of the past. This is the experience
of men and women in every part of the
country. t
General good health depends upon the
perfect action of the nervous currents, the
vigor of the circulation and the quality of
the blood.
The history of Paine’s celery compound
has been made familiar to, every intelli
gent household in the land. In the clear
est and most direct manner conscientious
men and women have told of their rapid
recovery from disease by the use of this
remedy.
Paine’s celery compound Is unapproach
ed by any other remedy for restoring the
nervous system wrfen broken down or im
paired from over-exertion of mind or body.
It strengthens the digestive powers, re
new’s the blood and acts in the vitalizing,
curative, thorough manner that makes it
the grandest help to suffering men and
women the world of medicine affords.
XEGHOES OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Hold a Meeting and Pass Conserva
tive Resolutions.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 18.—A council of the
colored men of North Carolina was held
here to-day. It was called by Congress
man George H. White and twenty- other
leading negroes of the stale.
As was promised in the call, the meeting
was “void of all political questions and
discussions,” and was devoted to consider
ation of the general condition and future
advancement of the race. A memorial to
the general assembly was drafted and an
address to the colored people of the state
was issued. In the first they asked the
legislature to continue its appropriations
to their schools and charitable institutions,
and “not to pass any laws, the effect of
which would be to blunt our aspirations,
reduce our manhood, and lessen our use
fulness as citizens, but guarantee to us an
equal chance with other men to work out
our destiny.”
In the address the colored people of the
state are counselled “not to be hasty in
making any change in their present sur
roundings and plans, but to quietly and
industriously fulfill all existing contracts,
and where necessary enter into new ones
for the current year.”
A committee of fifteen, one from each
congressional district, and six from the
state at large. w r as appointed to continue
the w r ork commenced by this council to
ward bettering the condition of the colored
people of North Carolina.
THE Ol ACHITA DESTROYED.
Packet Liner Burned nt Her AXltnrf
Tills Morning,
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 19.—The Memphis
and Vicksburg Packet Liner Ouachita,
Capt. Bender, was destroyed by fire this
morning at the foot of Jefferson street,
where she was tied up for the night at the
Memphis wharf.
The blaze started about 1:15 o'clock a.
m., and in fifteen minutes very little was
left of the boat excepting the hull and a
mass of twisted rigging. Rumors spread
that there were several passengers aboard,
but on close investigation it Is believed ev
ery one escaped.
The Ouachita is a passenger and freight
boat in the Memphis and Vicksburg trade
and was valued at $30,000, with insurance
of $20,000. The fire originated in the boiler
room.
The boat had a cargo of merchandise for
points south and was to depart this morn
ing. _
PART OF A PLATFORM FELL.
Some Confusion While Brynn AVns
Spell king, Bn* Nothing Serious.
Denver, Col., Jan. 18.—Col, and Mrs. XV.
J. Bryan left for their home in Lincoln
this afternoon.
A portion of the platform, two feet
high, from which Col. Bryan delivered
his address at the Coliseum last night, fell
down under the weight of 400 people, who
were seated upon it. The incident caused
some confusion for a few minutes, but at
no time was there any danger of a panic
In the closely packed audience.
Several people on the platform received
slight scratches and bruises, but nobody
was seriously hurt.
Riisehnll Meeting Not Held.
New Orleans, Jan. 18.—The meeting call
ed here to-day to form a Southern
did not take place, owing to the failure
of delegates to arrive. Capt. Powell of
the New Orleans club said that a date
for the meeting would be announced later
in the week. _ < -
CHAMBERLAIN ON COLONIES.
AMERICAN St PPORT OF ENGLISH
POLICY REMARKED l PON.
Expresses Hope That France NX 111
Not Abuse tlie Treaty of Utrecht.
The French, He Says, Have Stran
gled the Colony of Newfoundland
Without Gaining Any thing—XX el
comes the New* of the Open Door
Policy.
London, Jan. 18.—Right Hon. Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies, speaking this evening at the ban
quet of the XVolverhampton Chamber of
Commerce, reviewed at great length the
various threatening foreign questions con
cerning the government.
In connection with the withdrawal of
the French demand for an extension of the
settlement at Shanghai, Mr. Chamberlain
congratulated his hearers that Great Brit
ain's opposition to the French proposal had
been strenuously supported by the repre
sentatives of the United States.
"That, I think,” he said, "a significant
and noteworthy fact. Nay, 1 think and
hope it will become historic. It shows that
circumstances are bringing about the
community of interests between Anglo
•Shxons which, in the future, may have
far-reaching and beneficent results,”
He welcomed the changing tone on the
part of France, declaring that if the
French government desired an amicable
settlement of all remaining difficulties,
Great Britain would meet France more
than half way. Dwelling elaborately upon
tlie Newfoundland difficulty, the minister
said:
Treaty of Utrecht.
"In spite the charges to the contrary,
nobody here lias the slightest desire to
, evade the obligations of the treaty of
Utrecht. But we do desire that the rights
conferred upon Franfce by that treaty
should not be extended and abused to the
injury of our pocket. If, when those
rights are properly defined, they are found
to possess a value for France, we shall be
perfectly willing to observe them, or, if
Fiance is willing, to arrange for their ex
tinction on fair and reasonable terms of
compensation.”
Mr. Chamberlain descrilied in detail
how the French had been continually en
croaching and striving to expend their
c.aims on tho French shore, while, at the
same time, their interest in the fishery
had been continually decreasing.
“In fact,” he said, "by means of alleged
rights, under antiquated treaties, they
have strangled our colony of Newfound
land and have done it without a penny of
advantage to themselves. If they are
sincerely desirous of amity with England,
it will be an easy matter for them to
abandon those antiquated rights for satis
fying compensation.”
Salisbury’s Foreign Policy.
In concluding Mr. Chamberlain paid a
high tribute to the success of Lord Salis
bury's foreign policy, remarking;
“It is cause for satisfaction that two
great nations, Germany and the United
States, both protectionists at home, have
proclaimed their intontion to adhere to
the principle of the 'open door' in their
foreign possessions. We shall regard
their expansion without jealousy and shall
welcome their co-operation; and I think,
without being too sanguine, we may rety,
upon their sympathy and assistance in se
curing the general adoption of a principle
to which we attach so much importance.”
BOUGHT TflE CATLIN PLANT.
American Tobacco Cos. Said to Have
- Paid Nearly S2,ri(HMIOO.
St. Louis, Jan. 18.—The American Tobac
co Company added to its immense hold
ings in St. Louis, by the purchase to-day
after weeks of negotiation, of the plant
of the Callin Tobacco Company, of which
Daniel Catlin is president.
Mf. Catlin, who is one of the wealthiest
tobacconists in the West, will retire from
the business as soon as the American To
bacco Company takes possession of its new
purchase. The final papers were drawn
up and signed this evening.
Mr. Catlin refuses to state how much he
received for the property. It is reported,
however, that about $2,500,000 changed
hands.
AFTER POLAR BEAR PLANT.
American Tobacco Cos. May Pay Near
ly tf.’i.noo.ooo ior it.
Cincinnati, 0., Jan. 18.—John D. Cobb,
first vice president of the American To
bacco Company, is here making a bid for
the purchase of the Luhrman & XVilburn
Polar Bear Tobacco Company plant.
It is said tnat the price asked is nearly
$3,000,000. If the deal succeeds this plant
will be the chief factory of cheap smok
ing tobacco.
Mr. Cobb says that the American and
thb Continental Tobacco Companies will
not buy of the producers, as heretofore,
hut Will patronize the warehouse men.
IMG TRUST FOR CHARLESTON.
Proposed Consolidation of Street
Railway noil UgbtiiiK Plants.
Baltimore, Jan. 18.—It was reported on
the "Street" to-day that the Baltimore
Trust and Guarantee Company Is en
gineering a deal looking to the consolida
ting of the Charleston, S. C., City Railway
Company, the Charleston and Seashore
Railway Company, the Charleston Gas
Company and the Charleston Electric
Light Company.
The deal contemplates the issue of $2,500,-
000 five per cent, gold century bonds for
the retirement of the outstanding indebt
edness of the companies named, and the
AN INACTIVE
IIVER
This always means trouble. Tho
tongue is coated, the appeijte poor,
tho digestion weak, the blood thin,
and the nerves irritable.
The Bowis/s are
Always Constipatod
PRLS
act directly on the liver. In laxative
do*es each night they will regulate
the bowels, take the coating off the
tongue, cure biliousness,and prevent
sick headache. 25 cent* a box.
J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass.
LADIES.
tßy special arrangement with the manu
facturers of the
"Kabo" Corsets,
their expert fitter,
MRS. E. E, STARBUGK,
will be at our store from Jan. 16 to 28, second
iloor, Ladies’ Department.
We invite you to call upon her during her
/AR A S? F T'c stay. Her professional services are at your
disposal without charge and without obliga-
Fitted without extra charrjetions to purchase.
She will tell you the siue and shape corset you should wear, and you
will be free to buy if you wish.
B. H. Levy Sc Bro,
SAVANNAH, <JA.
operation of the companies under one man
agement.
HAS VIOLATED AO STATE LAW.
The Indictment Agulnftt the Auto
elated Proa Annulled.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 18.—Acting Gover
nor Worthington this afternoon annulled
the indictment of the Associated Press by
the Fiscal Court for alleged failing to reg
ister with the secretary of state the name
of Its state agent, and also failing lo make
reports to the auditor concerning Us cor
porate franchise.
The Governor holds that the Associate*}
Press has no property or other business
subject to the tax in this state, and that
it has violated no state law.
JUDGE MAY HE IMPEACHED.
Charge of Drunkenness Preferred
Against \\ . L. Norwood.
Raleigh, Jan. 18.—A resolution was to
day introduced !n the House of the gen
eral assembly of North Carolina looking
to the impeachment .of W. L. Norwood,
judge of the Superior Court in the
Twelfth judicial district, on a charge of
drunkenness.
A committee will lie appointed to inves
tigate the advisability of impeachment
and report back to the House.
PATTI AND HER HUSIIANDS.
Their I.lfe ns Narrated by Joneferes,
The Great Gun of Crnlg-y-Nos.
From the New York Sun.
In the “Recollections of a Musician,” by
Vietorln Joncieres, which are now run
ning through the French papers, there is
the following chat about Patti, who is
just about to be married for the third
time:
“It was Ui 1876, a few days, after the
first performance of ‘Dimitri’ in the Thea
ter Lyriquc, that I became acquainted
with Patti, who was then the Marquise de
Caux. She sent me her faithful factotum
Belioni, who told me that the diva, charm
ed by my work, proposed to play the part
of Marina at St. Petersburg, where she
was engaged for the following season. It
was necessary to translate the piece into
Italian and forward it as soon as it was
finished to the directors of the theater
in order to have it submitted to the cen
sure. The next day I went to see my fu
ture interpreter and expressed to h<-r my
gratitude for the unexpected honor which
she was about to confer upon me. She
introduced me to the Marquis de Caux. j
The interview was cordial and charming, j
Patti, in ail the brilliancy of her youth]
and beauty, was particularly attractive on i
account of her almost childish grace. The '
harmony between her and her husband
appeared complete.
“A few months after the first perform
ance of ‘Dimitri’ I received the cross, and
some time after my nomination appeared
in the Offlciel I got from St. Petersburg
a telegram of congratulations, signed
Marquis and Marquise de Caux. Now. ac
cording to its original date, this telegram
was sent only some hours before the scene
which occurred between the celebrate*!
cantatriee and the Marquis.
“When I saw Patti again she was di
vorced and was alioubto marry the
Nicolinl, for whom she had just re
nounced the crown of a marquise. ’Dimi
tri' could not be played at St. Petersburg
on account of the veto of censure that
would not authorize the appearance upon
the hoards of a perfidious archimandrite,
and still less that of a usurping Czar. It
was in London, therefore, where she was
engaged for the following season, that my
illustrious Interpreter was to sing the role
of Marina.
“In studying if she noticed that her part
did not have sufficient Importance and that
the role of Dimitri had too much. It was
necessary, therefore, to diminish consider
ably the latter and to increase the former
by two prominent arias destined to bring
out the talents of the cantatriee. ‘When
madam sings.' said Nicolinl to me. 'the
other roles count for nothing.’ I vainly
called attention to the fact that my work
was conceived from quite a different point
of view than that of presenting exclus
ively the qualities of an artiste. But it
was no use, and I left after this second in
terview less delighted than I was after
the first. It Is useless to say that Patti
never sang In ’Dimitri.’
“My relations with the celebrated singer
ended there, but I have met her since tev
eral times at long intervals with her sec
ond husband. They were twoveiitable tur
tle doves always looking at each other
with affection, and as a matter of fact
thetr honeymoon was prolonged until piii
less fate robbed her of her loved one, the
once brilliant tenor. Nlcollni. according
to all who knew him, was a charming
fellow, artless, with little or no will of
his own—in fine, with all the qualities re
quired to make a woman happy. At the
Conservatoire his naivete was played up
on by his comrades. His co-worker, Gail
hard, was foremost of the fellows who
played practical jokes on him.
"Dong after he left the Conservatoire
he continued the Jokes. The last one
dates only a few years back. It was at
Nos, when Gallhurd, who had
been appointed 1 a<ler of the opera, went
to see l’atti In regard to an enhancement
for ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ Nicolinl Imagined
that it would l>e a fine thing to get an
enormous txdi to announce the arrival of
invited guests in old lordly fashion. - ‘A
bell! said Guilhard. ‘That is altogether
too common. Get something original,
something magnificent, if l were in your
place I would get a cannon and a iweech
loader at that. At the present time the
brother of Gye turns out splendid guns.
If you wish we will go to-morrow and
choose one in his foundry, But don’t say
anything about it to your wife. It would
\m n good thing to give her an agreeable
surprise.’ The next day Nicolinl, accom
panied by Guilhard, went to the foundry,
selected a splendid cannon and ordered It
sent to him aw quickly as possible by 1 ail
road.
"With a thousand precautions to conceal
the object in question from his wife, Ni
collnl planted ii in an obscure ix>rtion of
th<‘ park of Craig-y-Nos. The day of the
arrival of the guestr, as soon as the train
which brought them stopped at the station
in front of the property, Nicolinl, aided by
Gail hard, pulled the string which was to
fire the cannon. The detonation was some
thing terrific, but Nicolinl, behind the
broach, never thought of the recoil. It
knocked him sprawling In the grass with
his hands and feet in the air, and his
screaming wife, not understanding any
thing of the explosion, came running up
to him. ‘lt was merely a surprise that J
was reserving for you,’ muttered Nlcollni,
recovering from his fall, which happily
did not hurt him. ‘That is a nice sort of
surprise!’ exclaimed Patti. 'How did you
get such a stupid idea as that into your
head?’ ‘lt was Gailhard who told me to
salute royally the arrival of our guests,’
replied Nicolinl. ‘Always that fellow Gall
hard!’ said Patti, shaking her little white
fist at th* waggish leader, who was half
convulsed with laughter.
ishe ordered the cannon to be burled, and
no more was thought of it. The following
year Gailhard returned to Craig-y-Nos.
One morning he was walking in the park
when he stubbed his foot against a hard
obstacle and fell at full length upon the
ground, while from an open window in
the castle there was a burst of silver
toned laughter. Part of the mouth of the
cannon was above ground, and U was this
which caused the little accident that hap
jjened to Gailhard. Patti was avenged.
“In Ids last years Nicolinl practiced on
a less noisy instrument. He became pas
sionately fond of the violin and passed
many days scraping upon a magnificent
Stradivarius for which he paid $2T,000
francs. Patti lauded his talent as a violin
ist, and nothing flattered his vanity more
than the compliment which she bestowed
uj>on him. For a long time he had ceased
to sing, on account of Jds liver trouble,
which finally carried hun off.
“But Patti still sings, and her voice,
they say, is as fine as It was when she
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but
also to the care and skill with which
it is manufactured by scientific proc
esses known to the California Fio
Syrup Cos. only, and we wish to im
press upon all the importance of pur
chasing the true and original reme
dy. As the genuine Syrup of Fig’s is
manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Cos. only, a knowledge of
that fact will assist one in avoiding
the worthless imitations manufact
ured by other parties. The high
standing of the California F*g
Syrup Cos. with the medical profes
sion, and the satisfaction which the
genuine Syrup of Figs has given to
millions of families, makes the name
of the Company a guaranty of the ex
cellence of its remedy. It is far in ad
vance c-f all other laxatives, as it acts
on the kidneys, liver and bowels
without irritating or weakening
them, and it does not gripe nor nau
seate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name
of the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN PHAN CISCO, til
Louisville, k. new aouk. n. y.
appeared In the Theater Itallen, In the Pai
ne*? Ventadour. That is a pretty long
time ago. I remember still the evening
when the charming child appeared, almost
a lit tie girl, and the basquine of Rostne
In the ’Barber of Seville.’ And what a
glorious voice of gold she had, of such
marvelous homogeneity and at,solute accu
racy! What an adorable face, lighted up
by eyes that looked like diamonds! In a
word, she was Ahe lioslne dreamed of by
Beaumarchais and Rossini.
"From that memorable evening she be
came the spoiled child of the public, and,
what is rarer still, of all the personnel of
tho theater. Bugler was always Indulgent
to her. As she hated rehearsals she sent
In her place her brother-in-law, Strakosch,
her Burnum and professor. Nothing could
l>e more comical than to see in these re
hearsals the tenor lovingly throwing his
|iirm around Iho waist of atrukosoh, and
the latter’s reply, glveh in the most pro
nounced German accent. Vhe diva had
plenty of admirers, three of whom wanted
to marry her. The most famous was tho
Marquis de Caux. The happiness of the
Marquis lasted many years, until the day
when Nicolinl succeeded him.
"To those whq ure surprised at Patti's
proposed marriage, she can say she was
too happy with the second husband to re
fuse to take a third one. Born In Mudrjd
of Italian parents, Patti became a French
woman by her union with the Marquis de
Caux. Some years ago when she took up
her residence In Craig-y-Nos she was nat
uralized an English woman. In taking the
title of Baron van Ceders-Troeen she will
become a Swede, unless the Baron becomes
a naturalized Englishman,
"If art has no country, then she who
was formerly called the fiancee of art has
the right to change her nationality as of
ten pleases."^
A Keniarknlde Parrot.
Lady Broome, In Cornhill Magazine.
There was one little gray end red parrot,
however, from the West coast of Africa,
which was different from the ordinary
screaming green and yellow parrot. This
was certainly the cleverest little creature
of Its kind I have ever seen. Dingy and
shabby as to plumage, and with a twisted
leg, Its powers of mimicry were unsur
passed. It pick*sl up everything It heard
directly, and my only regret was that It
appeared to forget Its phrases very quick
ly. Before It had been two days In the
house, it took me In half-a-dozem times by
imitating exactly the impatient peck at a
glass door of some tame peacocks, who al
ways Incited themselves to "five o’clock
er." I used to go to the door and open it;
of course to find no peacock there, for they
were punctuality Itself, and never came
near the house at any other time. After
the pecks—exactly reproduced as If on
glass—came an Impatient, note, followed by
the exact cry of an indignant peacock. I
believe that gray parrot had the utmost
contempt for my mental powers, and de
lighted in victimizing me.
I was a constant sufferer In those days
from malarial fever, and when convales
cent and comfortably settled on my sofa
in the drawing roorh, the parrot would
first gently cough once or twice, then sigh,
and finally, In a weak voice, call. “Garde,
Garde." This was to a functionary who
lived In the deep verandas, and whose
mission in life seemed to he the regulating
of the heavy outside blinds made of split
bamboo. The next sound would be the
.awkward shuffling of heavy boots (for the
“Garde” usually went barefoot, except
when In uniform and on duty), followed
by “Madame.” Then my voice again,
"Levez le rideau.” “Bten, Grande Ma
dame.” Then you heard the creak of
the pulleys a the curtain was raised, fol
lowed by. the Garde’s tramping away
again, all exactly Imitated.
The A. D. C.'s way of calling his "boy”
(generally a middle-aged man) was also
faithfully rendered, beginning in a very
mild’ and amiable voice, rising louder as
no “boy” answered, and finally a stento
rian “boy” produced a very frightened and
hurried. “Cl Monster le Capltaine, ’cl.”
I grieve to say this iierformance generally
ended with a confused and shuffling sound
as of a scrimmage.
There used also to be an orderly on duty
outside the Governor's office, who, onoe
u|s>n a time, was afflicted with a violent
cold in the head. This malady, and his
primitive methods of dealing with It,
made him a very unpleasant neighbor, so
his excellency requested the private secre
tary to Hsk for another orderly without
a cold In the head. Of course, this was lm
medlately done, and the desired change
made, but not before Miss Polly had taken
notes. Next day I was startl.il by the
most violent outburst of sneezing and
coughing In tho veranda, followed by other
trying grounds. 1 next heard a plaintive
an*l deeply injured voice from the Gov
ernor’s office—lt must be remembered that
every door and window is always wide
o|>en in a tropic house.
"1 thought I asked for that man to be
changed.”
This brought the private secretary hur
riedly out of his room, to be confronted by
a small gray parrot, who wound up the
performance by a sort of sob of exhaustion
and “Ah! mon Die!" the real orderly
standing by looking as if he was consid
ering whether or not he ought to arrest
the culprit. f ; ..
5